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Newspaper
Madras Pioneer
Location
Madras, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1906
Page
2
Frere and the Vickers family endure a mutiny and survive with Rufus Dawes, a freed convict who rises from captive to indispensable leader. As hunger grows, Dawes plans a drastic escape by sea and a dangerous rescue attempt against the odds.
Maurice Frere confronts Rufus Dawes an escaped prisoner who admits hunger and fatigue after fleeing. Dawes questions whether Frere knows him while consuming damper and declaring he will be given up in the morning after completing his beat. Frere realizes the settlement has been abandoned.
Quotation from the Louisville Courier Journal features a buyer and seller exchanging lines about a cheese with holes. The buyer complains the cheese is full of holes and the proprietor confirms the feature, joking about a cheese with holes filled.
In the Chicago report a quarrel unfolds as Mrs Newed accuses her husband of marrying for money while Newed replies with a witty remark about keeping friends from judgment. The exchange highlights social tension in domestic disputes.
A humorous brief exchange recalls a man in formal attire preparing for a large banquet.
The Atlanta Constitution notes Slane displays quick thinking and impatience as signs of superior intellect. It highlights his inability to slow down, avoid delays, or tolerate idle time, praising his mental edge and restless energy.
A brief dialogue shows a daughter pressing for excuse from attentions and a suitor proposing marriage as a solution. The exchange centers on desire for propriety and a proposal as the path to legitimacy.
A humorous dialogue between a pessimist and an optimist features a lottery marriage joke. The exchange appears in the Yonkers Statesman, illustrating contrasting views on luck and reward. The dialogue plays on winning a grand prize in marriage as a metaphor.
The article discusses choosing flowering plants for borders and fences, recommending nocothann affinia and nocotlana Bate deras for fragrance and color, hollyhocks for vertical interest, and dahlias cosm os for cutting. It also highlights the Fremont Williams strawberry as a promising late variety under testing, noting its potential but cautioning about shape and lime use in soil.
A farmer's wife describes a pine coop built in three pieces with a removable roof and base. The roof overhangs to shed rain, boards form narrow side supports, gaps are battened, and the floor slips in at the bottom.
Description of a adaptable chicken coop featuring a sunlit easy to clean setup. It includes a 9 inch board top ventilation holes a wooden button top frame and a 2 inch bottom strip with a removable lath partition. Offered in two sizes a single 20 by 24 by 16 inch unit and a double 80 by 24 inch long model.
Wintered lettuce should be planted at the earliest spring date and seeds sown about the same time. Lettuce requires rich, well manured soil for best growth. Plant in rows 12 to 15 inches apart, set plants eight inches apart in the row, sow seed in drills and thin to eight to ten inches. Provide clean cultivation and select a few good varieties.
The article notes a new flax industry, recently introduced in Minnesota, focusing on flax arrow binding twine manufacture. Professor Shaw argues this industry will reduce waste on farms, addressing widespread stock waste in western and northwestern states where flax straw was nearly a total loss.
Expert advice urges using raw bone meal for nitrogen and soluble phosphoric acid for apples. Sandy soil in apples needs potash. apply 400 pounds per acre mixed with bone meal and 50 pounds of potash substitute, then mulch with cut grass to favor trees.
Electric plows operate with two power cars on each side and trolley cables between. The plow is pulled along the furrow by the cables. current stops at ends. Three men run the system and manage the equipment to plow seven to fifteen acres per day.
Professor T. W. Shaw discusses the distinction between bacon and lard Hampshire pigs at the last International, noting that consumers often misunderstand what bacon means.
The text explains cleansing a coop with hot soap and carbolic acid to kill filth and pests. It suggests thorough drying, whitening, and constant care to keep mice and lice under control.
Multiple rail companies announce schedule reforms and route expansions. Illinois Central aims toward Indianapolis while Union Pacific and Santa Fe consider new lines from Evanston to Idaho and California. Wells Fargo and Co announces profit distributions. a private survey raises $50,000 for a Panhandle line survey.
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